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A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY
THE REV. EDWARD NILES.
Theme: Systematic (living.
Brooklyn. N. Y. Sunday morning
the Rev. 1'dward Nllea, pastor of the
South Hushwlck Reformed Church,
preached on "Systematic Giving."
The text was from Mark 12:41:
"Jesus sat down over against the
ireasury and beheld how the mnltl
lude oast money Into the treasurv."
Hr. Nlles said:
The stage setting of this scene Is
i court of the temple area. Around
three fides of Its 200 feet square sur
face ran a raised balcony for the
women. Against the wall on the
fourth aide stood thirteen trumpet
like chests, narrow at the mouth,
wide at the bottom. A placard told
the purpose for the money deposited
in each. One nnd two received the
tribute money of every Israelite which
)aid tlie running expenses of the tem
ple. Including salaries.
In three and four were deposited
the equivalent in coin for the sin of
fering of anininls. The neit three
provided for the sacrificial wood, in
cense and furnishing. The Inbels of
the other six showed that they re
ceived thank offerings of various
kinds". Nearby was a miniature
"chamber of the silent" for gifts to
educate the children of the poor.
Thus seven of there fourteen treaa
tiry boxes were for dues obligatory
upon the membars of God'a visible
kingdom. The seven for offerings of
gratitude, supported disabled priests,
nnd their widows, taught those who
could not afford tuition fees, supplied
the needy, went for proselyting or
mission work.
The time was Tuesday of Holy
Week. The characters were a multi
tude. Every one of them patronized
the tithe boxes, many those for chari
ty. The two important characters
were:
First A widow. She had come to
pay her dues. All she had were two
what were vulgarly called "lepta" or
"peelings," the smallest possible of
roppers. To drop one Into the tithe
box meant one-half Instead of the
prescribed tenth, but to give less was
impossible. To support her church
was a matter of course, however, and
without hesitation she put in. Only
a lepton left for her living! Then
8he looked at the boxes for benefi
cence. She thought not of her wants,
but of her blessing- With Joy that
at least a lepton was hers to give, the
made her offering for the needy.
The chief character was Jesus. He
had watched the rivers of gold and
Bilver Rowing into the treasury, and
it must have been a bright spot In
that sad week to note how many gave
the free-will offerings. The disciples,
pla-J at the amounts given, knowing
the need of widows, orphans, slum
workers, said: "The people are very
generous to-day. Rabbi." Jesus was
Interested in the amounts the giver.?
took away, supremely Intent upon the
mind rather than the money. He had
no word to say until the widow made
her supremo sacrifice. He felt no
pity for her: but pleasure In her ae
He made the startling statement,
"She has cast in more than all they
that are casting into the treasury."
We w cxi Id naturally have expected
the Great Teacher to have sat over
against the pulpit, watching how
some eloquent rabid expounded and
applied the law and how the congre
gation listened: or In some quiet
place of the choir loft beholding how
the cantor led and the great choir of
I.evites rendered the worship of
praise and the chorus took It up. l'n
doubtedly. He noted these thing, but
the only inspired record of Hia in
terest in the temple worship tells of
His sitting against the treasury. The
concrete result of preaching and
praiBe nmraled to Him more than
their mntter In preparation or their
method In delivery.
As Ho was then, 30 He is to-day.
The essential in our worship U how
we cast Into God's treasury. That
part of the service should be the ser
vice's centre. Tiie Communion tbble
Is iu ouly fit receptacle. To adver
tise "No Collection" la to evlncernte
worship and turn it into a combina
tion lecture and concert. Money Is
the tangible evidence of work accom
plished. Our work belongs to God.
and the more It is consecrated, thw
more of ourselves we dedicate to
Him.
In systematic support of the church
this congregation has made rapid
progress. The average given by each
member, man. woman and child, is
larger now thnn ever before. I said
"given." The word is misleading.
Wh don't "give" our taxes to pay for
schools, teachers, books and lanitora.
When we go to a muslcale, we don't
give our dollar for a reat, nor do we
give something to the doctor or tile
roofer, when we pay their bllln.
Taxes for religious Instruction In
the Sunday school, for church prop
erty, repairs and improvements,
for music, for a man to spend all hi
time In the care of souls end thus
lie as pronVent as the man we pay
to give all his time to the care of
bod. eg. are obligatory In England,
Germany and Russia. They are vol
untary here, but no leu really the
equivalent of value received, the New
Tcftn-nent continuation of the tem
ple dues.
I am beholden to nono of you if,
a the preacher of the Gospel, I live
by the Gospel. You are beholden to
ma to see that the time I ought to use
or my work Is not diverted to wor
rying over my modest bills.
The one mite was the widow' due.
Her credit tbat far was the simple one
of any person who doe his duty.
Her glory is tbat because the times
were bard she did not omit giving
for some one else. Because she1
put her beneficence on the same
basis with ber obligations, she Is im
mortalised. To speak of the widow's
mite Is a misnomer. One important
lesson of tha atory Is that of the du
plex system taugbt by tba widow's
two mites. 1
The spirit of that double offering Is'
Inspiring the laymen of our Ameri
can churches. During the winter seventy-five
men's missionary conven
tions In the United States consider
this question. Alresdy, crowds of)
bualata men hart corns together at
twenty plnca. la nuaabert ver
quailed before outside of political
conventions. The largest halls were
too small to hold the enthusiasts de
termined to finance the Kingdom of
Oo I as tbey do their own business,
lieiarmlnedly they have attacked the
hoary custom of weekly offerings for
ell and yearly offering for unselfish
nasa, and advocated the substitute of
which this widow woman waa a
pioneer. . . , . ,
The weekly envelope baa two com
partments, one for tba tat. one for
the gift. The tag goes for church ex
pense. The object of the gift for
aei B unlay It Blalflly prlMtfd. Evgry
other-WCelt It IS'Tor ffiirslfifM. city.
national or foreign. inn alternate
week It goes for some other benefi
cence. The only objections I have heard to
this plan are:
First "Its additional expense. "
Jn reality 1000 sets of fifty-two du
plex envelopes in each, cost but $H
more than the other kind.
Second "Its complexity." One
use of it will make clear Its meaning
to the eight-year-old child. The du
plex system has no duplicity. It Is
simplex in all but the name.
Third "Ita arbitrary allotments."
The church officers have carefully1
considered all the charities in which
our congregation or any considerable
part of It are Interested, and ad
justed their proportionate needs. It 1
Is a simple matter for anyone who
wishes to give one a larger percentage
than thus allotted and a smeller to
another cause to write over the one
the name of the other. The treas
urer will invariably note the change.
Only be sure to substitute rather than
omit! The most common criticism is
that "it robs Peter to pay Paul." The
contributor will simply divide Into
two what formerly he gave to one.
Fourth I have heard from many
churches who have tested the theories
here expounded. Not one of them
but reports substantial Increase in
the amount given for the local
church. One. of the. laraesL.consre
gatlons of our own denomination,
which for ten years found Itself with
n deficiency each May 1. last year, nt
the close of its first use of the two
offering envelope, had a balance in
the treasury, despite unusual ex
penses. This Is but a sample testi
mony, the unexceptional rule. It ac
cords with the law of the kingdom,
"there is that which withholdeth
more than it meet and It tendeth to
poverty."
The fifth objection is "possible In
ability to carry out the promise."
Don't dress your charity in widow'
weeds unless you are poor as the
widow of the two "peelings." If so,
give less. Don't stop giving, unless
all income stops. With God. the
value is not in the quantity, but the
quality.
Against these five objections. I
would array five of the many bene
fits: 1. Consecration. At the treasury
Christ beheld "how" (not how much)
the multitude cast. He Wants you to
give, not because He needs It, but be
cause you need it. Weekly giving is
an antidote vs. eovetousness. a weekly
reminder of whose we are nnd whom
we serve. The nickel piece for which
the poorest of 11s has a dozen uses
means more to Christ than the super
fluity of the rich, although written In ;
four figures. With the method now '
adopted, the minister Is relieved from
that hateful announcement: "The of
fering this morning Is for our own
church support," and from a prayer
which Is largely over his own salary.
With the new giving Is the new recog
nition that our field is the world.
2. Committal. It is committal to
a principle. Having once gone
through the agony of giving up for
a year to "the other man" a certain
part of our Income, while the conval
escence may be slow, the acute pain
Is over. From that time we are cus
todians of the Lord's money, our duty
being simply to hand it out. With
other causes, apparently of equal
worth, we have nothing to do, unless
our Income is suddenly increased.
Otherwise wo are "immune." 8omu
other person must take care of'them.
If we have given all we can In the
"deacon's fund" compartment, when
a hard luck story comes to our door,
without a twinge of remorse we can
Bend the applicant to a deacon's care.
3. Comprehension. Every one giv
ing means every one Interested.
Great causes being more frequently
and regularlybeforeyou.you will want
to know more about your frequent in
vestment. A once a year advertise
ment is good. A once a week adver
tisement that your responsibilities
and privileges are unbounded makes
meaningful your prayer. "Thy kins
dom rnme on earth."
4. Consscutlveness. Annual col
lections are varlablo as the weather
and the state of the general health.
They can be and are annually dodged
bv otherwise regular worshipers.
Tha double envelope Is a faithful re
minder to those ill, out of town, or
otherwise absent one Sunday that
their f.ifts will be expected by the
Great Head of tho Church just the
anme. The clnews for the war against
sin should not depend upon lm
clouds, nor the emotional result from
either a poor presentation of a good
caure ur a Quo presentation of a poor
cause.
D. Convenience. Most people nre
paid monthly or weekly. The wuman
who could not give $21 in a lump
sum could easily give fifty cent fif'.y
two times a year. One dollar tomes
harder than t?n rents a week. In a
year, It Is only one-fifth a? much to
the cniiw;. If the homo church de
pended upon atiuual colleetloi.s fur
Its support It would be dead.
Only the Inherent energy of mis
sions keeps missions alive (lining
thee weary annual offering years.
While the board knows that a church
will give, bemuse Its "foreign mis
sion Sunday" comes at tho end of tho
year, while foreign mission expense
go on all through the year, good
money goes for interest 011 borrowed
capital to supply this deficiency.
Christ confronts every Christian
with "send or go! Your money or
your life!" Your money Is your
life's expression. Our rendering per
bead for running expenses is six time
that of our gift to God. I have no
sarcastic comparison to make. I but
aay your own thought, "These things
ought not o to be." I announce the
Adoption of a plan for changing them,
J remind you that machinery is no
value without power.
PHONOGRAPH'S FIRST WORDS.
When EdUon first went to work
on bla phonograph he wa as much
surprised a any one when the thing
actually talked. It appear tbat the
Inventor bad beon working on ome
new variety of telephone receiver
when he wa led to put a piece of tin
.'oil 00 a cylinder. It recorded sound,
and Edison wa convinced that the
human voice could b recorded and
reproduced.
When the time came to make tha
actual test EJlsoa. with hi mind on
tba mechanical detail. Is 1 atd, an
ent jnlndedly tested his contrivance
with tha familiar phrase, "Mary bad
a little lamb." Accordingly thli lit
tle nursery jingle has gone Cown Into
hiatory aa tba first word avr repro
duced by a phonojrapu. Washing
ton Star.
The
Sunday School
IXTETSXATl ONA L LESSON COM
mknts ion makch is.
THE WARFARE AGAINST DRINK
TEMPFIHANCU BATTLR flATflERS
STICLNGTB BVKIIY IAY.
Subject: Two Mighty Works. Mnft. 3:
1:3.34 Commit to Memory
Verses 21-20. k
NATURALLY.
"What did Tilling aay when you
told him you'd aean batter aeroplane
than blT"
' "Ho went p In the air over it."-
Boston Transcript.
I
GOLDKX TEXT. "What manner ,
01 man is tins, tnat even me winds
and the sen obey Him?" Matt. 8:27.
TIME. A. D. 28.
PLACE. Sea of Galilee and Cc-
rasa. ,
F.XIOSIT10 I. Jesuit Slillluy:
the Wind and Waves, 2:5-27. It had !
been a very busy day for Jesus (cf.
Mk. 4: 1-4 It. Much of the day hud .
been spent In teaching the vast mult!- '
tudes that thronged down to the sea
side to Ilea:1 Him. Evening found
Him completely exhausted. No '
sooner had He reached the boat than 1
He fell fast asleep on a pillow In the J
stern (cf. Mk. 4:38; Lu. 8.23). He ,
was so thoroughly devoted to the j
work that the Father sent Him to do
that He had to take His sleep when '
He could. We see Jesus in this lea- 1
son as a mighty worker, but wo first '
get a glimpse of Him In His weakness :
as real man (v. 24: cf. Ps. 121:4).
Even the fierce tumult of the storm 1
was not sufficient to awaken Him In '.
His utter exhaustion. It was a ter- ,
rillc storm that swept down on the
little boat from the valleys running '
into the lake. The waves dashed over !
the sides of the boat so that It was '
filling (v. 24; cf. Mk. 4:37; Lu. 8: 1
23). 'Though apparently in moment. '
ary danger of sinking, there was no
real danger; no boat can go down ,
that has Christ on board. What a
contrast between the calm slumber ;
of Christ through the storm and the '
wild excitement of the crew. Their (
prayer was short and right to the .
I o 1 11 1 and plenty long enough. Jesus
first rebuked the disciples and then
the storm. His rebuke of the disci
ples should be deeply pondered. 1
There seemed to be enough to make
one "fearful." with the waves dash
in? Into and over the boat and the :
Master apparently unheeding, but ,
there was no nufflcient reason for
ther.i to be fearful. There Is never
sufficient reason for a disciple 01
Cnrte.' to be fearful. True faith in
Him banishes all fear (Jno. 14:1, :
27 . The whole trouble was "little
faith." Now Jesus rises in His ma- '
Jesty :is Son of God and He rebuked ,
the v.inds and the sea. How many a
tempest that voice has stilled. The i
disciples were more afraid than ever.
A moment before they were afraid of j
the storm, now they are afraid of Ore !
who Is evidently a supernatural being I
(cf. Mk. 4:41). How prone is the j
human heart to fear, and nothing fills '
it with such overwhelming fear as ;
being brought face to face with God ;
nnd tho supernatural. The disciples j
ought not to have feared. They
should have been filled with joy and j
trust. They asked an important ques- ,
tlon Just then. "What manner of
man is this, that even the winds and I
the sea obey Him?" There can ba ,
but one answer to that question, "the
Divine Man." t
II. Jesus Setting Free a De
moniac, 28-34. Gerasa was a city In '
a half heathen territory. God was
dishonored there, and there we might :
expect to find the devil doing his best j
to torment and debase. To get a ;
complete picture of the degradation
and misery of this man, we have to ,
go to Matthew, Mark and Luke. Mat- j
thew tells us that by reason of his
fierceness lie made the way impass- I
able; Luke that he wore no clothes, !
that there had been many ineffectual j
attempts to chain and tame him, and i
that he made day and night hideous 1
by his cries as he vented his horrid !
rage upon himself, cutting himself
with stones, and that ho dwelt In the
tombs. How terrible is the dominion
of the devil. It he can work such
misery on earth, what will hell he?
No man had strength to tame him
(Mk. 6:4), but Jesus had. It doe
not do to conclude that because no
man can tame some victim of the
devil tbat therefore bo cannot be
tamed. There is more power In the
word of Jesus than in man's chains
or blows. Mark and Luke tell u of
only one demoniac; from Matthew we
learn tnere were two. wnat a strange
commingling of the human and, the
demoniacal: it was 'the demons with
in them that enabled them to recog-!
nlze in Jesus the "Son of God; K
was the human need and longing
that led them to Jesus, and the demon
within again that led to the awful
cry of rage and despair (v. 2 Si). The
souls of these men were In utter and
hopeless confusion of impulses, con
tending now heavenwards, now hell
wards. The demons knew full well,
though men less wise doubt, that
there i an appointed time and place
of torment (v. 29; cf. Matt. 25:41).
The utmost they dared hope for or
ask was a brief respite. There Is here
none of the haughty and almost noble
pride tbat Milton pictures in the
fallen angels nothing but foiled,
cowering and contemptible malice,
driving a poor weak mortal to alow
self-destruction, but shivering with
fear in the presence of the Son of
Ood that ia the real devil. An evil
apirlt cannot enter even Into a bog
without Christ's permission (vs. 31,
32). The devil, aa usual, outwitted
himself (. 31). If be is cunning,
hi power Is "stupid, blind, self-contradictory
and suicidal. It can only
destroy and Involve itself in a com
mon ruin rather than not destroy."
We must go to Mark and Luke to
learn the completeness of the cure
(Mk. 6:15-19; La. K:35-39). Tha
wonderful cure brought - th whole
city out to meet Jesus, but when they
aw Him they did not want Him.
Tbey besought Him that Ha would
depart from their border. Doubtlasa
tbey feared that soma mora bog
anight be destroyed. Tbey cared
more for tbelr boga than tbey did tor
the Saviour. They have many Imi
tator to-day.
L'ave the Llqucr Alone,
I'm nnviou to tell ion a bit of mv mind,
If it won't put vim nut of the wav.
l or I feel very c.'ttuin you'll each of you
(incl
There' wisdom in what I would nay.
" e've minim- nnd moral enough and to
pare.
Hut I have Bf) one ot mv own
Tim', helin lae to prosper and iaugk it
Hull rare;
It in ' Leave ih liquor ,one!"
To swiil neglect and to win respect,
'tut "Leave the liquor alone!"
The brewer ran nde in a roaeh and pair,
The drinker mint trudge on the road,
Une gel. 'hrotiaii the world with s jaunty
air.
Tlie otlier hend under a load,
The brewer g6u inonev and friends, mv
lad.
While i!ie drinker' lett poor and alone;
If you'd your share of good thing,
tal;e rare
,.nd leave the liquor aione.
oii'l! enjov Komi health, and you'll gain
111 wealth.
If you leave the liquor aione.
A, man full of malt isn't worth hi salt;
Then "Leave 1 lie liquor alone!"
A drinker i readv 10 own at last.
He tin lilaved but a losing game;
How b1.ii he would be to recall the past.
And earn linn a nobler name.
Don't reach old age with thin vain regret,
, For a time Mini's past and gone;
You niav win a good prize in bfe'a lottery
yet .
If vou'll lenve the liquor nlone.
Vou'll li m I Mime day it' tlie safest way,
'I'o leave Hie liquor alone.
Then re.uiivv. like men. not to touch it
a.nn.
Hut ... "Leave die liquor alone
Religious Truths
From the Writingt of Great
Preachert.
YK IUI IT I'XTO ME.
Ola-.thew- 3:4i
"Wliv tlmll I give to Thee. O Lord!
Tlie king that "eatne ol old
Laid ntely on Thy cradle rude
Their myrrh and gem nnd gold.
"Tby martyr gave their heart' warm
blood.
Their ahe !r"wed Thy Way:
'I hey piti ned Mieir live aa' dreams and
dut
To pe;'d Thy coming day,
MARCH THIRTEENTH.
That
ot
neet and precious
A Train of Kvil Consequence.
A sad tragedy was enacted In New
York last week.
A man got drunk in a saloon, and
";iit out on the street. There he
vgs accosted by a boy who asked
'or a match. He knocked the boy
town and kicked him. A man who
vas passing ran to the. rescue of the
boy. whereon the drunken man drew a
vevolvor and shot him In the mouth,
knorkiug out a couple of teeth and
breaking his Jaw. A second shot
that he fired went through a saloon
window and hit a man inside in the
leg. That man's friend ran to the
door to see who had fired and waa
himself immediately shot down by a
bullet that rniaahed his knee cap and
went through his leg.
On of these nieu is disfigured for
life, and the other mulmed for life.
The man who did the shooting was in
an Irresponsible condition, but must
suffer the penalty of his crime.
And this is only one Instance In
thousands where liquor has become a
fountain or evil 'eeds and disastrous
consequences. Horrible crimes are
happening every day; not by one or
twos, but by hundreds; lhat are
directly due to '.ne sale aof liquor.
Ordinarily one does not exult in
the commercial downfall of another,
but It gives very great pleasure to re
port the financial losses of the Asso
ciated Breweries of Columbus, Ohio.
For more than a year the minority
stockholders of the company have
been fighting for an accounting, as
they were not satisfied with the way
things were gning. At last they have
got It. T;e important figures read
as follows:
Profit for year S275.B13.88
I'rotit for year 1 lofl.727.4U
Profit tor vear JWI7 04.372.93
Deficit for yeat JOoS 217,357.78
An important part of this great
loss was nmuey spent in an effort to
defeat the people at. the polls in their
local option contests. Certainly Ohio
has given the breweries a black eye.
And still tbey persist in asserting at
every ne- carmaign that prohibition
does not prohibit. New York Week
ly Witness.
Criminals nnil Drink.
T. Albert Wll.;im. the brain sne
eiulist, described the results of his
recent work In a lecture before the
members of the Society for the Study
of Inebriety recently.
"Although alcohol Is sn great a
problem in crime. I could fill the
platform with criminals who are
teetotallers." said Dr. Wilson. "A
particularly accomplished criminal
told me the other day that ha must
keep entirely away from drink when
planning a crime. Another, however.
Bald tbat be required a little stimu
lant lust to help blm carry out a
'Job.' "
Dr. Wilson told a story of Berry,
the late executioner. After carrying
out five hundred executions he be
came so sympathetic toward crimi
nals that he gave up hanging and be
came a temperance missionary. Talk
ing of the magnitude of crime, the
lecturer said that a million persona
are arrested In this country every
year; Three hundred thousand,
equal to 'iie population ot a large
town, are aent to prison, while crime
costs us 6,000,000 a year. London
Daily Mail.
"Thou knowexi'
' liiiut
Mv toie i urnnt and small.
Vet. Mi'it Thou here in want and woe, ,
Lord. I would give Thee all.''
Tnere nine a voire from heavenly heights!
"I'neliwr thine eye and ee;
Gtn o :he leiot of tlione I love
rtu.'.i givet unto Me."
l!oe Terry Cooke,
Christ in l"s.
M Is a great loss In every way that
.ve are accn.-aomed to speak of faith
In Christ, forgiveness, and cleansing
from sin as they were the crown and
climax of Christianity, instead of be
ins its outworks, its outer-courts, the
Miilrciises and corridors to Its throne
room. Its reparative processes pre
paratoy to Its essential life and heart.
Christianity fulls of Its chief end in
:iny life that it affects, unless It pro
hices there, so far as may be possi
ble, the lilis of the Kternnl Cod Him
self, as it ', resident In Jesus Christ
nnd communicated by the Holy
Spirit.
In regeneration, at whatever time
It takes place, and under whatever
ircumntani:ea. the principle of a new
life is inserted in the human spirit.
As the mutual has a higher life than
the plant, and as mnn. In bis moral
natii.f. has a higher life than the
animal, so the man who has been re
generated by tin' Spirit of Ood has
become possevyt d of a life to which
Hie ordinary man can lay no claim,
lie has become, as ibe Apostle Peter
puts it, "a partaker of the Divine na
ture." Whatever be our difference
ns to creed or church, they are com
paratively unimportant, so long as
we possess within our jplrlts this Di
vine life, which is Christ In ur, the
hope of glury. "Know ye not," said
the npoHile. as though It were an
Hnomaly to be ignorant of this primal
fact, "that Jesus Christ If in you, ei
cept ye be reprobates?"
The whole theme of redemption,
th entire work of Jesus Christ, His
birth in which He brought the Divine
under the condition of the human.
His death by which He acquired
power to pass It on, His resurrection
and ascension through which He bore
it regnant nnd triumphant to the
throne. His gift of the Holy Spirit
by which He makes It available to all
who believe all tend to this as their
flower and fruit, that He should re
produce Himself in 113.
And if year by year we are not be
coming morn pure and strong and
Christ-like, we may gravely question
whether we have not deceived our
selves In thinking that we have re
ceived Him Into our nature. F. B.
Jleyer.
l'lavce Made I'rraelier. !
, Clod' true preachers have been dis
tinguished by one great feature; they
were men of prayer. Differing often
In many things, they have always had
one common csmtre. They may have i very
Topic Patient Faithfulness
Wins tha Crown. Rev. 2:
1-10, 18, 19.
faithful love. Matt. 20: 1-13.
Faithful obedience. Phil. 2: o il.
Faithful service. 2 Tim. 4: C-S.
The incorruptible crown. 1 Cor. 9:
24-27.
Tbe crown of life. Ja. 1: 12; Rev.
2: 10.
Tha crown of glory. 1 Pet. 6: 4.
"For hia name' sake" mean 'Tor
his sake." Our patient Ixrd I tbe
real source of all patience (v. 3).
Our power of patience varies from
day to day, and the wise mnn will
at6re up patience on tbe good days
for the bad days (v. 4.)
We are to overcome not only the
evil outside us, but even more tbe
falntlngs and fears Inside us (v. 7.)
The way to get life Is to be faithful
till death; then there la no death (v.
10.)
Thought.
"Patience" is from the Latin word
that means suffering; but patience al
ways ends in joy. .
Faithfulness wlus the crown: but it
does not labor for the sake of It.
Some are satisfied with faithful
ness, though they are Impatient In
their faithfulness; but that Is only
hulf faithfulness.
Is It the crown of fame? of power?
of peace? No. none of these; it Is
the crown of God's approval.
Illustrations.
If tbe spring should come all at
once and melt all the enow suddenly.
It would do more harm by its floods
than good by Its sunshine. Spring is
of value because It Is slow and pa-,
ttent.
Wood that grows quickly Is weak
and soft utid unbeautiful.
Every great singer practised for
years before singing in public, nnd
etlll practises for hours dully. No
pains, no praise.
King's crowns bear gems, and every
gem took long years to form In the
earth and many days to facet In tbe
workshop. So with the crown of
faithfulness and patience.
EPWOBTH i LEAGUrTESSONS
0USEI10LD)p
MATTERS
Vac For Discarded Feather fled.
Put a small portion of the feather
Into a tick made of muslin the size of
your bed, spread feathers out evenly,
tack the case closely " on quilting
frames, cover with pretty sllkollna
and knot or tie as you do a com rota
ble, using either worsted or ribbon.
A moat excellent substitute for a
down quilt is the result. Everyday
Housekeeping.
When Troubled by ICIrrtrlcil.
Some women have dlfficuby la
combing the hair, so full is it of elec
tricity. This can sometimes be over
come by using a bone comb.
Where the hair. Is heavy th-i
combs are considered too brittle, and
rubber Is preferred, with no thought,
that it generates more electricity.
If a bone comb la soaked in cold
water for several hours before usiu
the first time, It Is loss a.n. to br.aU.
Argus.
Floor liorders iif Mall
We decided, instead cf pu-c;m-.i
a new carpet for a room, la buy : ruj.
This necessitated staining or other
wise treating the floor whlcii tvouM
show outside the rug. A: tlie hVir
was very poor, w e c'f -Med nut .0
treat it, but to buy matiiii?. Thin vs
allowed to extend a tew Inches und'jr
tho rug. and we planned. If necessary,
to cover the rest of the floor nnd;1
the rug with newspapers. But wa
found that the ridge where the mat
ting ended was not noticeable. The
expense of the matting was small,
and it wa put down in a very uhort
time, while If we had stainod and
oiled the floor It would have prevent
ed our using the room (and It hap
pened to be a room we used constant
ly) for rome time. C. K. lu
House and Garden.
SUNDAY, MARCH 13.
3. 14-16;
Tbe Family.
Through the family and the noma
moat of tba good ha eama la tha
world. Tha Btata began with tha
family, religion bad Ita first expres
sion la tba family ancestral worship.
Views of Insurance Men.
Over fifty per cent, of deaths from
pneumonia and Bright' disease oc
cur in alcoholics. Cirrhosis of the
liver, cerebral hemorrhage, and a
number of diseases ot tha circulatory
and nutrient organs occur most fre
quently in persona of this clas.
Life Insurance studies bring out
this fact, and there Is. a continual
struggle to escape responsibility for
deaths which are so obviously tba
direct result ot alcohol.
Most companies refuse to take in
surance on person who us spirits,
except at higher rates, realizing tbat
the duration or life is diminished by
the use of alcohol, and many com
panies refuse high risks on all drink
ing men.
started from different points, and
traveled by different roads, but they
converged to one point; they were ','
one in prayer. God to them waa the 1
centre of attraction, and prayer was-l
'.he nath that led to God. J
These men prayed not occasionally,
not a Utile at regular or at odd times, I
but they so prayed that their prayers I
entered Into nnd shaped their charac- j v, Xwnln'a
it'is; itiey mi urujt-u ua iu uueci iiieir
own lives and the lives of others; they
so prayed as to make the history of
the church aud influence the current
of the time. They spent much time
In prayer, not because they marked
the shadow on the dial or the hands
of tbe clock, but because it waa to
them so momentous and engaging a
business that they nould scarcely give
over. K, M. Bounds, in Preacher and
Prayer.
How to Be Strong (Eph.
Phil. 4. 13-19.
Eph. 3. 14-16. Paul'a great prayer
for hia c inverts Is that tbey may be
strong. He does not tell them tbey
will get strength by exercise, by ef
fort, by taking thought. He known
better. There I virtue In Christian
exercise and ' discipline, but before
these can do any good there must be
given a strength from without, from
above. It la the gift ot Ood
"Strengthened with might by his
Spirit In the Inner man." With that
sort of Btrength aa a beginning, every
thing elne Is possible. So Paul pray
for tbe Bphesiana tbat they may be
given the presence of the Spirit. There
is new meaning in that prayer when
you remember Paul'a experience on
his first visit to Ephesus. (Acta 19.
1-7.)
Phil. 4. 1319. You can do aU
things, and you can get all thing,
from God. This is Paul' confident
assurance to the Christians of Phil-
Ippl. There Is strength available for
tusk, and supply available for
every need. Ood give all, and aoea
all, so there Is no excuse for a Chris
tian being weak In spiritual ability
or poor in spiritual possession. He
ran be strong, and rich, It he will.
GETTING AROUND POLL TAX.
lOnter Not Into Temptation.
A reckless nun in a eoologlcal gar
den ones seized a venomous serpent
by the uape of the neck and bald it
up before hia companions. The man
thought he had tbe serpent wholly
in hia power. But It began to coil
Its long body about his arm and then
slowly tighten its grasp till the man
in agony was obligud to drop hia bold
of his neck. Quickly then It turned
end bit blm. and soon tho man was
dead.
He thought he v. as strong enough
to play with the serpent, and then
thrust it from him when wearied ot
the play. Many think they are strong
enough to play with temptation of
any sort, but they find sooner or
)ter that the temptation ha mas
tered them. "Watch and pray tbat
ye enter not Into temptation,' aald
Christ. It Is tho entering into temp
tation which la to be guarded against.
Morning S'.ar.
AM EXPERIENCED MAIv '
"How do you conquer your ele
phant when ba goea on a rampage?''
I asked tha managerle proprietor.
"W avail ouraulve of an experi
enced baggage nan," ba replied. '
"Aa experienced baggage man?" I
repeated with wonderment. '
"Ye," ba explained patiently, al
though it waa evident that b vaa
nattled by my atupldity, "w get
man who kaowa bow to smash
trunks." Doston Pot.
Temperance Note.
One of th most encouraging signs
ot the times is the degree to which in
unexpected quarter the idea la pre
vailing tbat the liquor trade I no
longer to be considered clean and re
spectable. In view of the fact that whisky
supplies practically all of the crimin
al that are uot made by tbe gamb
ling fever, would It not b a good
idea if tha Stat would supply some
refuga for the confirmed drankard
anxiou to cur himself?
A man drunk on tha egotism ot
Ignoraxce ihpuld not add thereto tba
Intoxication ot drink.
Tha atatement la made that over
one-bait million person are arreatod
In thla country and Canada tor petty
Crimea and violations ot th laws,
and fully ninety per cant, of them ai
alcoholics.
Tba mortality rrom surgical opera
tion In tb Inebriate I larger thau
In temperance man, and lu railroad
aurgery this fact 1 always prominent
and to b considered. Modern surgi
cal work (uggest guarded proguoaia
where alcohol ha baen usud by tha
pfctisnt.
It's Your Cliance.
Say. brother, sister, that boy or
gill you are now teaching may hava
tbe beat teacher he or she may ever
l.iva; and It may ba tbat you ara tba
enly person in tha world that can
aver lead them to Christ. Will you
net pray earnestly that the Lord may
help you do your duty? Western
Methodist.
The Church's Supreme Mission.
To restore man to himself, to hia
place In nature, to society and to God
wa the comprehensive mlaalon of tha
Son ot Man, and it la the aupreme
mission of Hi church in tba twen
tieth century.
Humility is the First Lesson.
Humility i the first lesson w learn
from reflection, and aelt-diatrust tha
first proof w give of having obtained
a knowledge of ourselves. Zimmer
man. ALWAYS WILLING TO OBLIGE.
"Hava you no home, my poor
Ban?"
"No'm.M
"Ara you hungry?"
"Hungry?" . , '
"Tea. Peopla who hava no bom
alwaya make u feat aa If 1 would
Ilka to do eomething (or them."
"No'm, I am sot hungry, but U
I you hava aay lea cream and cake and
I black, coffee I might manage to keep
them from apoUlog." Trenton Trua
. American, ....
Cousin Circumvents
lll-Adviscd Statute.
In the years gone by Topeka regu
larly had turbulent times over the
payment of a $3 poll tat annually by
every man of voting ase. For a Ions
time the matter was tbe subject ot
a great deal of controversy. G. C.
Clemens, th well known Topeka law
yer aud r. cousin of Mark Twain, real
ly put tbe law out ot business. Ha
made it look foolish one year, and the
next year bo knocked it out through
the court.
Th law held that when a man
failed to put up hia S3 be bad to ap
pear on the streets and work two
days at $1.50 a day. Clemens did
not pay his tax and received a notice
that It vaB due, and that he would
have to work on the streets to make
up for hi negligence.
"Bring with you a pick and
shovel," read the iiotJce.
"Clem'' appeared ou the appointed
day and repo-.Ied ready for work.
"Where is your plcg and shovel?"
demanded the street commissioner.
"Here they are," he replied, and
diving down into hU vest pocket be
produced a pick and s'.iovel, the kind
that are about two inches long, and
that you buy at a toy store for chil
dren. "What crc r oa givin? rae?" snorted
tbe cbinmbsioner. "You can't do
nnyihing with taoia tools."
"The notlcs didn't , aay a word.'
replied Clemens, "about the six of
the tools which 1 waa to brlnj. 8
I brought what I wanled to. Com
on now, assign m to work. I want
to get to work, and don't car to
lota any time."
The street .commissioner walked
away In disgust, Clemens waited for'
about an hour, and still no assign
ment. So ba went to bla office and
put In the day at work on bla law
cases. Tbe next morning ha turned
up tor work again. Tb atreet com
mlssloner again didn't give him an
assignment, ao ba went back to bla
office, and declared ba bad fulfilled
tha letter of tba law. Ha aaid it waa
not bla fault that be haa not bean
directed to work.
Th next rear ha aant tb law aiy
high through tha court. Kansaa
City Journal.
Four Ways to Use Ginger.
A plain lemon Jelly, prepared ac
cording to directions 011 the package
of gelatine, becomes something novel
by stirring Into it some preserved
ginger cut into thin circles. When
firm, cut the Jelly into two-Inch
block. Serve there or four to a dish,
topped with whipped, sweetened
cream, flavored with n little of the
ginger syrup.
To make lemon ginger sherbet,
boll two cupfuls of water aud a cup
ful ot sugar for fifteen minutes and
add a teaspoonful of gelatine dis
solved in warm water. Strain, and
when cold add a cupful of lemon juice
and five tablespoonfuls ot ginger
syrup. Freeze, and when quite stiff
stir in two tablespoonfuls of pre
served ginger, chopped very fine;
pack In salt and ice till serving time.
For a beverage for unexpected com
pany, nothing will give more satis
faction than ginger ale. Dissolve
three tablespoonfuls of ground gin
ger in hot water, just barely to cover.
Let it boil for five minutes and cool,
then pour it into a bottle with three
cupfuls of ice-cold water, one table
spoonful of lemon Juice, and sugar in
sweeten to taste. Aa a last ingredient
drop in a heaping teaspoonful of
aupercarbonate ot soda, and cork the
bottle, hammering the cork down
tightly. Shake the bottle well before
serving the beverage, and the cork
will pop out. This ale will have the
finest kind of a fizz and snap to it.
A variation of the ordinary dessert
of a cream delicacy may be made with
ginger. Prepare the cream as for
charlotte russe, and, as you beat it
stiff, stir In preserved or crystallized
ginger that has been cut into Bhreds
with a sharp knife, and a little ot the
rich ayrup, the quantity to be guaged
by tasting the cream after mixing.
Keep the cream in an ice-cold place
until serving, and top each' glass of
cream with a cube of preserved giu
ger. Accompany the cream with gin
ger wafera or aoft glug'Ji'broa.l.-- T.
C. C. In Suburban Life.
Tba limit.
W don't mind hooking her waist,
looking to aea If her whlta aklrt
how, and If br hat la on atralght;
wa don't mind pinning up a veil now
and than and cleaning tba mud off
her rubber, but when it cornea to
holding una and of a tor awltcb
wblla aha bralda It, w think tha limit
haa been reached, and it'a time for
us to assert our lndepantftsc. De
troit Fraa Praaa.
'
Hour Milk Muffins. -A pint o" sour
milk, one egg and a little salt, a tea
spoonful ot soda and a tablespoonful
of butter. Have the griddle moder
ately hot, grease well, and also the
lings. .
Mock Oysters. Grate six ears of
corn, one egg, two tablespoons mill;,
pepper and salt, teaspoon baking pow
der and flour enough to make a bat
ter suitable for frying. This ia nles
for using corn too old to cat lu ordi
nary way.
' Corn Meal Gems. Take two cup
ful of corn meal, alft well, and add
one egg, tour tablespoonfuls ot m?lted
butter, one-third teaspoonful ot salt,
a teaspoonful of soda and a cupful
of sour milk. Put in gem pans and
bake In moderate oven for twenty
minute.
Onnberry Pie. One pint of craa
.berries, chopped, one cup sugar, one
half cup molassea, one 'tablespoon
cornstarch dissolved In little cold
water, then add two-third cup boil
ing hot water; bake. with two cruets
or with strips across. This niaku
two plea.
IWaa Rabbit. Melt two table
poons ot butter add one teaspoon
ot salt, one-eighth teaspoon of pap
rika, one-half cup at milk aud one cup
of cold numbed beanaratir until thor
oughly heated and one-half cut
ot gratad cboeie. Aa soon as tba
cheers haa melted serve on am'
dice of toasted bread. . i 1
Tomato Soup. Take tbe bones
that ara taken from a shoulder of
lamb, put Into cold water, enough ta
cover tbe bone. Cut fine one good
alsed onion, put in with the ban
Cook until the meat fall from tb
bone. Strain, thou add ona-halt caa
tomatoes; took till they are doH
Btrala. put back Into tha kettle, adi
one-fourth teaspoon cinnamon, ou9 '
tablespoon augar, aajt and pepper ' '
taste. Thicken with smalt quantity ot 1